{"id":19506,"date":"2023-08-08T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=19506"},"modified":"2023-08-08T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T07:00:57","slug":"podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Chicago Cubs\u2019 Alex Sugarman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Alex-Sugarman-Header-Chicago-cubs-win-scaled.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                8 Aug 2023                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Chicago Cubs\u2019 Alex Sugarman<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/leaders-podcast\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leaders Podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sport Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/strategy-and-commercialisation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strategy &amp; Commercialisation<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman\/&#038;text=Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Chicago Cubs\u2019 Alex Sugarman\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Chicago Cubs\u2019 Alex Sugarman. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-chicago-cubs-alex-sugarman\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>The Blueprint returns with a conversation with the EVP of Business Operations &amp; Chief Strategy Officer at one of the most storied team brands in sport.<\/h4>\n<p>This is the Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre about straightforward strategic thinking in sport.<\/p>\n<p>This series teases out insights from leading industry executives about how they strategise. They\u2019ll provide a fresh perspective on sport\u2019s most recognisable organisations, with real life examples of where strategy worked (or didn\u2019t).<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off season two is Alex Sugarman Executive Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Strategy Officer at the Chicago Cubs. Having spent 13 years at the famed franchise, Sugarman joins Leaders\u2019 Content Director David Cushnan and Deltatre\u2019s Commercial Strategy Lead Max Barnett for a conversation covering how to work with ownership and operationalise their goals, measuring your strategy framework, and aligning with other local teams.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-ny-yankees-rose-barre\/\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 New York Yankees\u2019 Rose Barre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-formula-es-aarti-dabas\/\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Formula E\u2019s Aarti Dabas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint\/\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 New York Jets\u2019 Chris Gargano &amp; Seattle Sounders FC\u2019s Maya Mendoza-Exstrom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/leaders-sport-business-podcast\/id1126762453\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/2479cb82-ffc9-49bd-847c-c25a75416d8d\/leaders-sport-business-podcast\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2bmUlpixbMfrRGdEs6FKWz\">Spotify<\/a> or your chosen podcast platform.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/112018048?cache=1691478041#darkOrLight-Light&#038;shownotes-ffffff&#038;download-ffffff&#038;subscribe-ffffff&#038;share-ffffff&#038;shownotesBackground-444444&#038;downloadBackground-003366&#038;subscribeBackground-fb8c00&#038;shareBackground-1976d2\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blueprint returns with a conversation with the EVP of Business Operations &#038; 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